Boxer

Sullivan was the first sports superstar of America, heavyweight champion from 1882 and the best paid athlete of his age. His 1889 ...

Corbett, a San Francisco bank clerk, introduced footwork, the jab and timed counters to a game of brawlers. On September 7 1892 in...

A blacksmith from Helston in Cornwall who grew up in New Zealand and boxed out of Australia, Fitzsimmons knocked out Corbett with ...

The Galveston Giant took the title from Tommy Burns in Sydney on December 26 1908, then crushed former champion James Jeffries in ...

Greb fought an almost unbelievable schedule, sometimes monthly, against all sizes from welterweights to heavyweights, and held the...

Born in Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, Langford stood about 5 feet 7 yet knocked out heavyweights and beat the best men from lightwe...

Dempsey demolished giant Jess Willard in Toledo in 1919 to win the title and became the roaring twenties personified, drawing the ...

The Fighting Marine was the thinking boxer of his age, a skilled boxer who studied his rivals like a scholar. He outboxed Dempsey ...

Schmeling won the vacant title in 1930 on a disqualification against Jack Sharkey and defended it before losing the rematch. In 19...

Hammering Henry is the only man to hold three world championships in different weight classes at the same time. In ten months acro...

Louis won the title from James Braddock in 1937 and held it until 1949, making 25 successful defenses, 21 by knockout. His one rou...

Will o the Wisp from Hartford won his first 62 bouts and took the world featherweight title in 1942 at age 20. Ring lore says he o...

Born Walker Smith Jr, Robinson went 85-0 as an amateur and ran a 91 fight unbeaten streak as a pro. He won the welterweight title ...

LaMotta fought Sugar Ray Robinson six times, winning a close decision over Robinson in Detroit in 1943, one of the few men ever to...

The Old Mongoose waited 17 years for a world title shot and finally took the light heavyweight crown in 1952, defending it into hi...

The Brockton Blockbuster won the title with a legendary one punch knockout of Jersey Joe Walcott in 1952 and defended it six times...

Patterson, an Olympic gold medalist in 1952 trained by Cus, won the vacant title from Archie Moore in 1956 at 21 years old. Ingema...

Liston destroyed Floyd Patterson in one round in 1962 and again in 1963, one of the most feared punchers the division has known. H...

Johansson won European fame by refusing to fight in the 1952 Olympic final, then built a knockout run in the pros. In June 1959 he...

Born Cassius Clay in Louisville, he won gold in Rome at 18 and stunned Sonny Liston in 1964 to take the title at 22. Stripped in 1...

Olympic gold medalist in Tokyo 1964, Frazier won the undisputed heavyweight title in 1970 and beat Muhammad Ali in the 1971 Fight ...

The 1968 Olympic champion demolished Joe Frazier in two rounds in 1973 to take the crown, then famously lost it to Muhammad Ali in...

The Easton Assassin won the WBC crown from Ken Norton in 1978 by one of the closest decisions ever and went 48-0, one win short of...

A sculptured former Marine with a crouched, cross armed style, Norton split two fights with Ali and broke his jaw in winning the f...

Griffith turned pro after working in a New York hat factory and won the welterweight title from Benny Paret in 1961. In their 1962...

Escopeta, the Rifle, from the poor quarters of San Javier won the title from Nino Benvenuti in Rome in 1970 and defended it 14 tim...

Raised in the slums of El Chorrillo, Duran won the lightweight title at 21 in 1972 and defended it 12 times, mostly by knockout, w...

The charismatic face of the Four Kings era, Leonard won 1976 Olympic gold and took the welterweight crown from Wilfred Benitez in ...

Hagler legally added Marvelous to his name and ruled the middleweights for seven years, 12 defenses, beating Alan Minter, Mustafa ...

A tall rail thin welterweight with a cannon right hand, Hearns knocked out Pipino Cuevas in 1980 for his first crown. His 1981 cla...

The greatest Mexican fighter ever, Chavez won titles at super featherweight, lightweight and light welterweight. He was unbeaten t...

Arguello won titles at featherweight, super featherweight and lightweight, a tall, elegant puncher with a textbook right cross and...

Sanchez took the WBC featherweight title from Danny Lopez in 1980 and defended it nine times, including a beatdown of unbeaten Wil...

The Jinx won Olympic gold in 1976 and unified the light heavyweight titles by 1985. Moving up, he outboxed Larry Holmes in 1985 to...

Under his Catskill mentor, Tyson unified the division in the late 1980s with peek a boo head movement and savage combinations. He ...

The Real Deal cleaned out cruiserweight by 1988, unified by 1990 with a knockout of Buster Douglas, and beat George Foreman and La...

Born in London and raised in Kitchener, Ontario, Lewis won 1988 Olympic super heavyweight gold for Canada. He avenged both career ...

A 1984 Olympic gold medalist, Whitaker won titles from lightweight to light middleweight with a slippery southpaw genius that made...

Hopkins served prison time as a youth, turned his life around, and won the middleweight title in 1995. He made a division record 2...

Robbed of gold in Seoul, Jones turned pro and became the pound for pound king of the 1990s, untouchable speed and reflexes, winnin...

De La Hoya won Barcelona gold for his dying mother and became the biggest box office attraction of his era, winning titles from su...

Pretty Boy Floyd became Money, the finest defensive fighter of his generation, winning titles from super featherweight through lig...

Pacquiao won his first world title at flyweight in 1998 at 19 and kept climbing, taking belts through eight weight classes, a feat...

Dr Steelhammer, a 1996 Olympic gold medalist with a doctorate, rebuilt after shocks earlier in his career under trainer Emanuel St...

A red haired prodigy who turned pro at 15, Canelo lost only to Floyd Mayweather at 23, drew and then beat Gennady Golovkin in two ...

The Kazakh destroyer went 37-0 with 33 knockouts before his 2017 draw with Canelo Alvarez, a fight most felt he won. He made 20 co...

A 6 foot 9 switch hitting traveler from Manchester, Fury outboxed Wladimir Klitschko in Dusseldorf in 2015 to end the Klitschko er...

The Ukrainian southpaw won London 2012 heavyweight gold, then swept the World Boxing Super Series to become the first four belt un...

Loma lost just once in 397 amateur bouts, winning Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012. He challenged for a world title in his second pro...

Inoue won a world title in his third professional fight and kept collecting belts, light fly, fly, bantam and super bantam. He bec...

Bud became the first man of the four belt era to be undisputed in two divisions, unifying light welterweight with a knockout of Ju...

Gans won the world lightweight title in 1902 by knocking out Frank Erne in the first round and became one of the first Black world...

Leonard grew up on the Lower East Side of New York and won the world lightweight championship from Freddie Welsh in 1917. He held ...

Walker won the world welterweight title in 1922 and the middleweight title in 1926, then went looking for bigger men. He fought a ...

Ross won the lightweight and junior welterweight titles from Tony Canzoneri in 1933, then fought a celebrated three fight series w...

Charles beat Jersey Joe Walcott in 1949 for the vacant NBA heavyweight title and outpointed a comeback Joe Louis in 1950 to secure...

Walcott fought through years of poverty and losses before finally getting his chances late in his career. After defeats to Joe Lou...

Basilio won the welterweight title from Tony DeMarco in 1955 and moved up to face Sugar Ray Robinson at Yankee Stadium in 1957, ta...

Jofre won the world bantamweight championship in 1960 and unified recognition in 1962, dominating the division with heavy punching...

Napoles left Cuba after professional boxing was banned there and built his career in Mexico City. He won the world welterweight ti...

Foster knocked out Dick Tiger at Madison Square Garden in 1968 to win the light heavyweight championship and defended it many time...

Gomez won the WBC super bantamweight title in 1977 and defended it repeatedly, every defense ending inside the distance. His 1981 ...

Pryor won the WBA junior welterweight title from Antonio Cervantes in 1980 and fought at a relentless pace few opponents could mat...

Lopez won the WBC strawweight title in 1990 and defended it for most of the decade, combining textbook technique with sharp power ...

Trinidad won the IBF welterweight title in 1993 and held it for six years before beating Oscar De La Hoya on a disputed majority d...

Barrera won his first world title at super bantamweight in 1995 and became a three division champion. His trilogy with Erik Morale...

Morales from Tijuana won his first world title at super bantamweight in 1997 and went on to become the first Mexican born boxer to...

Calzaghe won the WBO super middleweight title from Chris Eubank in 1997 and held it for more than a decade, adding the other major...

Joshua won super heavyweight gold at the London 2012 Olympics and turned professional the following year. He won the IBF heavyweig...

Wilder won Olympic bronze at Beijing 2008 and took the WBC heavyweight title from Bermane Stiverne in 2015. He defended it ten tim...